split(1)                                                    split(1)


       NAME
             split - split a file into pieces

       SYNOPSIS
             split [-l line_count] [-a suf_length] [file [name]]
             split -b n[k|m] [-a suf_length] [file [name]]
             split [-line_count] [-a suf_length] [file [name]]

       DESCRIPTION
             split reads file and writes it in n-line pieces (default 1000
             lines) onto a set of output files.  The name of the first
             output file is name with aa appended, and so on
             lexicographically, up to zz (a maximum of 676 files).  The
             maximum length of name is 2 characters less than the maximum
             filename length allowed by the file system.  See statvfs(2).
             If no output name is given, x is default.

             If no input file is given, or if - is given in its stead, then
             the standard input file is used.

       OPTIONS
             The following options are recognized:

             -l line_count
                     Specify the number of lines in each resulting file
                     piece. The line_count argument is an unsigned decimal
                     integer. The default is 1000. If the input does not
                     end with a newline character, the partial line will be
                     included in the last output line.

             -a suf_length
                     Use suf_length letters to form the suffix portion of
                     the filenames of the split file.  If -a is not
                     specified, the default suffix length is two. If the
                     sum of the name operand and the suf_length option-
                     argument would create a filename exceeding [NAME_MAX]
                     bytes, an error will result; split will exit with a
                     diagnostic message and no files will be created.

             -b n    Split a file into pieces n bytes in size.

             -b nk   Split a file into pieces n*1024 bytes in size.

             -b nm   Split a file into pieces n*1 048 576 bytes in size.




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      split(1)                                                    split(1)


      FILES
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxdfm
                  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

      REFERENCES
            bfs(1), csplit(1), statvfs(2)










































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